Chanada Robinson v. City of Knoxville, TN

Type

Opinion

Author

Eric L. Clay

Filed

Feb. 26, 2025

Case

Chanada Robinson v. City of Knoxville, TN

Case status

Decided

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NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PUBLICATION File Name: 25a0111n.06 No. 24-5159 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT FILED Feb 26, 2025 KELLY L. STEPHENS, Clerk ) CHANADA ROBINSON, for herself and as ) next friend/next of kin for Anthony Thompson, ) ON APPEAL FROM THE Jr.; GRALYN STRONG, ) UNITED STATES DISTRICT Plaintiffs-Appellants, ) COURT FOR THE EASTERN ) DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE v. ) ) CITY OF KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE, et al., OPINION ) Defendants-Appellees. ) ) ) ) Before: CLAY, WHITE, and NALBANDIAN, Circuit Judges. CLAY, J., delivered the opinion of the court in which WHITE, J., concurred, and NALBANDIAN, J., concurred in all but Part D. NALBANDIAN, J. (pp. 27–35), delivered a separate opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part. CLAY, Circuit Judge. Plaintiff Chanada Robinson, on behalf of herself and her deceased son, Anthony Thompson, along with Plaintiff Gralyn Strong, appeal the district court’s grant of summary judgment for Defendants based on qualified immunity. For the reasons set forth below, we AFFIRM the district court’s judgment in part and REVERSE in part. I. BACKGROUND A. Factual History On April 12, 2021, Regina Perkins called 911 to report an altercation …

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